All the old houses that I knew when I was a child were full of books, bought generation after generation by members of the family. Everyone was liter… - Katherine Anne Porter

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All the old houses that I knew when I was a child were full of books, bought generation after generation by members of the family. Everyone was literate as a matter of course. Nobody told you to read this or not to read that. It was there to read, and we read.

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About Katherine Anne Porter

Katherine Anne Porter (15 May 1890 – 18 September 1980) was a celebrated American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist.

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Alternative Names: Callie Russell Porter

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